Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - Rabbi
Ray Morris - President
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Important Messages
- We welcome all visitors and friends who are here for the Greek-Turkish Shabbaton. We also welcome the leadership of the Sephardic Brotherhood of America. Muestra casa es su casa tambien. Half of the founders of the Sephardic community in Raritan Valley 110 years ago were members of the Sephardic Brotherhood.
- Security Information: As a reminder, please do not use the main/front door when there is no security person present. Once the guard has left, you need to use the downstairs door. If you cannot use the stairs, please check the camera monitors before exiting to make sure it is safe. AND have someone lock the door behind you.
- Help Us Welcome New Members Etz Ahaim works with HP/Edison Connects to welcome new members of our community. If you would like to help host new families for Shabbat meals, go to https://www.etzahaim.org/constant-items/help-us-welcome-new-members and fill out the form.
Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:30pm <- Special Time
- After Arvit: Congregational Dinner (by reservation only) at the Bridge Grill with a talk by Rabbi Tal about the Jews of Greece and Turkey
- Shir HaShirim: 6:46pm
- Candle Lighting: 8:13pm
Saturday -- Parashat Korach
- Youth Groups for ages 3 to 8 in the Upper Classrooms: 9:30am to 11:00am
- Recite Shema: 8:28am
- Shacharit: 8:45am
- Kiddush After Services (Sponsored by Ray and Gloria Morris, Dr. Eli and Chana Bishburg, and Stu and Linda Balavram)
- Special comments during Kiddush by Ethan Marcus, Executive Director, Sephardic Brotherhood of America
- Sefer Shoftim Class: 7:20pm
- Mincha: 8:00pm — Followed by:
- Se'udah Sh'lshit (Sponsored by by Rabbi Tal, in honor of new members and friends)
- Arvit and End of Shabbat: 9:06pm
Sunday
- Shacharit: 8:00am
- Women's Class: 10:00am
- Children's Torah Reading Class Given by Asher Cohen: 6:20pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm
- Followed by Chavruta Learning Program
Monday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
- Rambam 6:40pm
- Mincha and Arvit: 7:00pm
Tuesday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Rambam: 6:40pm
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:00pm
- Followed by Chavruta Learning Program
Wednesday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Rambam: 6:40pm
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:00pm
Thursday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:40am
- Insights on the Parasha: 6:15pm
- Mincha/Arvit: 7:00pm
- Followed by Chavruta Learning Program
Next Friday
- Shacharit: 6:30am
- The Doctor Edward Nawy Memorial Talmud Class: (Indoors and Zoom) 7:30am
- Mincha: 7:00pm
- Candle Lighting: 8:14pm
Bikur Cholim of Congregation Etz Ahaim
The Regency Nursing Home is currently closed to visitors. Drivers and coordinators needed. Call (732) 572-7181 for more information. The congregation extends refua shelema wishes to:
- Liba Shaindel bat Chava Sachs
- Gershon ben Sara
- Dvorah Shahala bat Sarah Parvin
- Chava bat Esther
- Lita Greenberg (Tzvia Sarah bat Golda)
- Linda Balavram (Emmunah bat Sara)
- Sara Shifra bat Yehudit
- Sharona Bella bat Malka
- Yosef Daniel ben Feige
- Leah Chana bat Batya Chaya
- Leah Chava bat Shayna
If you like to add someone to this list, or merely want the Rabbi to say a Mi Shaberach on someone after Torah reading on Shabbat, please go to our webpage and fill out the form.
News and Events
- June 23: Special Shabbaton
- Help Us Welcome New Members to Our Community
- Women's Rosh Chodesh Event a Great Success
- Chevruta Learing
Community News
Emergency Contacts for Our Community
- Hatzalah of Middlesex County: 732-456-6666
- Chaverim of Middlesex County: 732-844-3577
Singles Event for all Orthodox Jewish singles from 27 and up. Sponsored by Congregation Ahavas Achim. Sunday, June 25 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. The event will include dinneer and dessert and will take place in a private home in the area. For more information, email hpsinglesevent@gmail.com.
Chug Ivrit for Intermediate to Advanced Hebrew Speakers is reading MeGola LeGeulah: MeBavel LeYerushalyim by Flora Taasan. It is Flora’s autobiography about her life growing up in Baghdad, and then making Aliyah in 1950.
Our next meeting will be on Sunday, July 2 at 11:00 a.m. in Rachel Weintraub’s back yard, 120 Highland Ave., Edison, and via Zoom. We’d love to have you join us. Please contact Rachel at rachel@weintraub.name.
The 2023/2024 Highland Park First Aid Squad Discount Cards are now available. Help support the Highland Park First Aid Squad by purchasing its discount cards.
There are 2 cards: one for $30 or both for $50. The cards may be purchased at Jerusalem Pizza and the Ahavas Achim office as well as from Deborah and Ari Lewitter and Yossi Bendek.
The Bikur Cholim of Raritan Valley is excited to announce a Senior Visitation Program. This program will provide weekly or biweekly visitation to members of our community. We are looking for community members who are 18 years and older to volunteer.
If you would like to volunteer or to hear more information about this program please contact Cindy Baruch at 908-309-8818 or email her at cindy.baruch@verizon.net